Eclectic Parent

We talk to the kids about practically anything. From explaining the lyrics to Pink’s U & Ur Hand to watching YouTube videos of tongue piercings gone wrong. I have this small fear about being approaching at playgrounds by parents saying my kids told their child Santa doesn’t exist, exactly how babies are made, or exactly […]

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Scottsdale, AZ host an annual mud mania converting huge swathes of a park into swamps, mud matches, obstacle courses, soapy water slides and misty playgrounds. Met up with a friend, which is always a good time. Only had the small camera with me so not great shots and really not a whole lot to say […]

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A few weeks ago we were at a housewarming party for a friend (Hi Amy!). I was complaining that our house is always a disaster area and she said it’s what we chose. At first I disagreed. But she explained that we did choose to live the way we do with kids and chaos and […]

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So how exactly do we fill a day? Every day is different for one thing. Seriously no two days are the same. Since daddy shifted to working early mornings about a month ago, not my best time at all, the kids have been doing their own breakfast. It’s not quite as bad as it sounds. […]

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So grandma’s camera is quite blurry but you can get an idea of volume. C loves bionicles (and legos and pretty much anything you build with). While the kids were up on their sleepover grandma and papa bid on a lot of 20 lbs of bionicles. C went up by himself for the weekend because […]

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D is a reluctant reader. A very reluctant reader. He read late, reads slowly and never, ever wants to do it. His comprehension is years beyond his ability to read so he listens to audiobooks. When he takes in the written word. He’d much rather see the movie version.
I don’t like deadlines for anything: every […]

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Last night I saw a streak run past and thought there was a bug in the house. Then I saw a little itty bitty tail stick out of the corner. Gecko. Little one. I went to get the kids to show them before we took it outside. Daddy caught it which led to the […]

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We’ve been quiet. Kids went to grandma and papas for 5 days. Yes five days! We cleaned a little, painted a little and event did dinner with childless friends. Grandma just sent this:
Five very full days of non-stop activity and yet I had to really concentrate to remember just what we did to occupy that […]

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After days at grandma and papa’s house, the kids are home today. We’re going to see if we can get grandma to write something up about what everyone got up to while they were there. Everyone got right into their toys they’d missed while they were gone.
Right now we’re watching So You Think You Can […]

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